Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy requests the pleasure of your company at Picnic at Pemberley for an afternoon of Regency music and dancing, a delectable afternoon tea, games and other diversions, to be held on the manicured lawns of HOTA, Home of the Arts.  

Don your best Regency costume and find accessories at the pop-up Abbey Shoppe on the day. Regency guests will have the opportunity to:

• Enjoy afternoon tea and an array of delicious delicacies
• Learn and participate in Regency dancing
• Enjoy character performances by Mr Darcy, the Bennet family and others
• Play Regency era games such as the Game of Graces, Pall-Mall and Shuttlecock
• Enjoy a guided tour of the Writers Revealed exhibition at HOTA Gallery (exhibition ticket valid 10am-4pm, 11 May) 

Regency Dance Workshop

There will be instructors, courtesy of Dance Kaleidoscope, to explain the importance of dance during the Regency period and you will have the opportunity to learn a few different dances. As Regency dances were not physically arduous (a lady would never exert themselves to the state of perspiring) you will still have plenty of energy to see you through the rest of the day’s activities.

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